National Police Service Officers from Timboroa Police Station responded to a tragic road traffic accident that claimed 3 lives today morning at about 0140 hours at Mlango Tatu area along Nakuru-Eldoret Road.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the accident involved a Mistubishi bus and 3 other vehicles including a Toyota Probox.

Several passengers have been rushed to Eldama Ravine Sub-county Hospital for treatment but two more unknown passengers have succumbed to the injuries while undergoing treatment at the said hospital.

Bodies have been preserved at the same Hospital Morgue awaiting Autopsy. Efforts are underway to clear the road obstruction.

The accident is one of many that have taken lives during the Christmas and New Years festivities, the police , the National Transport and Safety Authority have called on Kenyan road users to be vigilant while using the Road and exercise extreme caution.

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